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In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon. Importantly, these approaches would not increase oceanacidification. The ocean absorbs just under one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, contributing to a rise in oceanacidification.
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